Man&#39;s wearing apparel



April. 25, 1950 v H. A. GoLDsTl-:IN I 2,505,356

MANS WEARING APPAREL Filed April 27, 1948 `mvummmmmm INVENTOR. 37 ar/jgAZ/fa/L C50/dafr@ "v0 M @di .ATTORNEYS LPatented pr. ,25, 1.950

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MANS WEARING APPARELA Harry `Allison Goldstein, Bridgeport, Conni Application April 27, 1948, Serial N0. 23,472

claims.' (cl. 12s- 149) v This invention relates to wearing apparel for men and more particularly to mens undergarments of the legless variety.

In playing golf and in other recreational activities in warm weather many men prefer that their undergarments be as scanty as possible and for this reason many wearso-called athletics which have no legs but merely cover the torso from the -waist down to the groin line. These athletics are made according to size so that they snugly fit the body between the legs and give considerable ysupport -to the male genital organs during athletic activities. Other men, from preference or necessity, require greater support and wear a form of suspensory which covers only the front of the abdomen and the genital organs, and includes, like the athletics a waist band but merely has straps for holding the covering and support in proper position on the wearer. The waistband of the suspensory may be narrow, or'wide, in which latter case the waist band gives support to the abdomen of the wearer.

With each of these garments the inner-surfaces of the thighs of the wearer are not covered so that with many men, particularly stout men, considerable discomfort is caused by the chaiing of these inner surfaces of the thighs when walking or running. Perspiration on these surfaces aggravates the condition which many times actually becomes painful.

To avoid-and prevent this chang of the wearers thighs, the present invention suspends from the torsoengaging portion of the garment a pair of shields, one on each side of the crotch, and extends these shields downover the adjacent surfaces of the thighs softhat they may not touch each other( These shields are made of panels of soft, flexible, smooth, absorbent material, such as rayon, silk or cotton jersey, and are so positioned that they engage each otherv while the wearer walks and freely slide over each other but do not slide over the skin-of the wearen` v` To insure that the'panels lie smoothly against the skin, regardless of variations 'of thethicknesses of thighs of'different individuals of vthe same size for whom the garment is designed, the panels do not completely encircle theleg but are fitted with elastic means encircling the legs so that they lie snugly and smoothly against the inside surfaces of the leg. Infact, for cool ness and comfort, it is preferable that the panels cover only theportiors oflthe skin'which'might otherwisevrub against each 'other'as the wearer?v Y Y L y v 5a? because such additional garments do not snugly' walks. s l

The elastic means for holding each non chaflng panel in position includes a leg-encircling strap at least part of which is elastic and the ends of which strap are joined to the lower edges of the panel. At least part of the upper edges of the panels are joined to the covering and supporting portion of the garment'at the crotch. The elastic means for holding the upper edges of the panels in place vary slightly accord-,- ing to whether the garment is of the athletic short type or the suspensory type. In the former type, the elastic means for each panel includes a strap at least part of which is elastic which is attached to the upper edges of the panel and follows the groin line as does the lower end of the torso covering part of the garment and extends over and encircles the hips being held in that position by an elastic strip depending from the waist band. In this way, the upper edge of the panel is caused to lie at the crease of the flesh between the leg and the abdomen regardless of the snugness or looseness with which the torso covering portion of the garment ts.

In the suspensory type garment, the elastic means for holding the upper end of each panel in position includes an elastic strap fastened to the upper front edge of the panel and extending along the groin line and over the hip and rearwardly where it is attached to the elastic strap that reaches from the crotch to the waist band passing just under the buttocks of the wearer. When the suspensory garment has a wide waist band, the lower edge of which is located virtually at the groin line, the front upper edge of the r panels are attached directly to the lower edge of the waist band while the rear upper edges are attached to the elastic band which extends from the crotch to the waist, passing just under the buttocks.

- In either type'garment the panels may be formed of one piece of material extending through the crotch from one leg to the other, and this is particularly advantageous in connection with the wide waist band suspensory, for here the smooth material of which the panels `are made, forms a comfortable lining for the pouch of the garment.

It is an important feature of this invention that the chafe-preventing panel forms a unitaryY part of the garment `which supports and covers the genital organs of the wearer, for experience has shown that even though a man wear an ath-v leticsupporter or suspensory with an additional garment having legs, chafing is not overcome the crotch to the other leg and need not be separate panels, This arrangement is particularly advantageous in connection with the wide belt type of athletic suspensory shown in Fig. and depicted in Fig. 4 where the panels 34 are joined by an integral mid-section 39 extending over the pouch forming front panel 35 and acting as a soft liner for the same. y

As shown in Fig. 4, in order to give fullness to the panels where needed so that the panels will form-fit the leg, the panels may be provided with pleats or tucks 49.

It will be seen by a comparison of the three forms of the invention illustrated and described that in each the upper edges of the panels are fastened to a section of the garment which covers and supports the genital organs, that in each the upper edges of the panels are pulled upwardly and against the body by elastic means, and that in each the lower edges of the panels are held down tightly against the surfaces of the thighs by elastic means encircling the legs, and that when the garment is put on not only is adequate support given where desired but chang of the adjacent surfaces of the thighs is avoided.

It will be understood that the athletic shorts and suspensories of the present invention are handled when meeting personal needs in the same manner as conventional garments of the same type, the anti-Charing panels in no way interfering with or complicating such operations.

Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of the claims and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

I claim:

1. A mans wearing apparel having a waist encircling band; a front panel joined to and depending from the waist band and extending to at least the crotch to cover the genital organs; chafe-preventing panels `joined to opposite side edges of said front panel, depending therefrom, and shaped to form-fit and cover substantially no more than the inside surfaces of the thighs of the wearer which otherwise might rub directly against each other in walking, said chafe-preventing panels being made of soft, flexible, smooth, absorbent material; a leg-encircling elastic band connected to and extending between the lower front and rear edges of each chate-preventing panel and adapted to encircle the leg of the wearer to resiliently anchor and hold down the lower edge of the panel to the leg and prevent casual movement of the panel on the leg; elastic means for exerting an upward and laterally outward pull on the chate-preventing panels along the groin lines to maintain the upper edge of each chafe-preventing panel approximate the crease of the esh between the leg and the abdomen, including at least one other elastic band attached to the front and rear upper edge of each chafa-preventing panel, directed upwardly and laterally outwardly from its points of connection therewith and extending around the majorportion of the corresponding leg; and elastic means for connecting said waist band with the uppermost portion of each of the other elastic bands to retain said other elastic bands in upwardly directed position.

2. A legless athletic short for men having a waist encircling band; a torso-covering portion including a front and crotch portion attached to the waist band to snugly engage the torso of the wearer and cover the genital organs, said torsocovering portion having the margins of the leg holes upwardly and laterally outwardly sloping and located substantially at the groin lines of the wearer; chafa-preventing panels joined to said front and crotch portion and depending therefrom, and shaped to form-nt and cover substantially no more than the inside surfaces of the thighs of the wearer which otherwise might rub directly against each other in walking, said panels being made of soit, exible, smooth, absorbent material; a leg-encircling elastic band connected to and extending between the lower front and rear edges of each panel and adapted to encircle the leg of the wearer to resiliently anchor and hold down the lower edge of the panel to the leg and prevent casual movement of the panel on the leg; elastic means for exerting an upward and laterally outward pull on the panels along the groin lines to maintain the upper edges of the panels approximate the crease of the esh between the leg and the abdomen, including at least one other elastic band attached at its ends to the front and rear upper edges of each panel and following the margin of the corresponding leg hole; and elastic means for connecting said waist band with the uppermost portion of each oi the other elastic bands to retain the other elastic band in upwardly directed position.

HARRY ALLISON GOLDSTEIN.

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